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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363
Aliases CVE-2021-37137
Summary SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length any may buffer skippable chunks in an unnecessary way ### Impact The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk. ### Impact All users of SnappyFrameDecoder are affected and so the application may be in risk for a DoS attach due excessive memory usage. ### References https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/netty-4.1.67.Final/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L79 https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/netty-4.1.67.Final/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L171 https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/netty-4.1.67.Final/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L185
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/netty/netty
https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L171
https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L185
https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L79
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/6da4956b31023ae967451e1d94ff51a746a9194f
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06a145c9bd41a7344da242cef07977b24abe3349161ede948e30913d@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5406eaf3b07577d233b9f07cfc8f26e28369e6bab5edfcab41f28abb@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e05eba32476c580412f9fbdfc9b8782d5b40558018ac4ac07192a04@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75490c61c2cb7b6ae2c81238fd52ae13636c60435abcd732d41531a0@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd262f59b1586a108e320e5c966feeafbb1b8cdc96965debc7cc10b16@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb2bf8597e53364ccab212fbcbb2a4e9f0a9e1429b1dc08023c6868e@%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0012
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316
cpuapr2022.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
cpujan2022.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
cpujul2022.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
CVE-2021-37137 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37137
GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363 https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/09/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363.json
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